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we're ready to return to the pbs newshour. thanks again for your support. >> ifill: finally tonight, a look at one element of syria's opposition, the free syrian army. many are defectors from syria's regular army that is putting down the anti-assad rebellion with brutal efficiency. hugh macleod and annasofie flamand, a reporting team from our international news web site partners, global post, spent time with the fighters in northern lebanon. an unnamed photographer accompanied them into syria.ri macleod voiced this report. >> reporter: these guys with me are from the free syrian army. they are defected soldiers from the army of the syrian regime. i feel proud that we the free syrian army can say that we are here, we are here on the ground. and hopefully soon we will conduct large operations, operations to topple the regime. >> one year into his brutal crackdown on peaceful protests syrian president bashar al assad is facing an armed insurgency by the rebel fighters of the free syrian army. the group is led by officers and sold
we're ready to return to the pbs newshour. thanks again for your support. >> ifill: finally tonight, a look at one element of syria's opposition, the free syrian army. many are defectors from syria's regular army that is putting down the anti-assad rebellion with brutal efficiency. hugh macleod and annasofie flamand, a reporting team from our international news web site partners, global post, spent time with the fighters in northern lebanon. an unnamed photographer accompanied them into...
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. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. over the past week, peopling at the u.n. publicly weighed in the debate about what to do about the syrian conflict. today it was syria's turn to respond. president assad was unsurprisingly absent from the podium. instead, the talking was left to the country's foreign minister. walid muallem accused those spork terrorism in his country and prostriding arms to his army. he said calling president assad to step down would be serious to the affairs. he met with the secretary general to show compassion to their own people. but just how far is all the rhetoric got us? i'm joined here in the studio by steve from the u.s. institute of peace. steve, thank you very much indeed for coming in. listening to muallem's speech, what sort of insight does it give us into the way the syrian regime is thinking right now? >> well, the foreign minister repeated almost verbatim what they called this uprising from the very beginning. they depicted it as driven by foreign elements, as a conspiracy against the
. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. over the past week, peopling at the u.n. publicly weighed in the debate about what to do about the syrian conflict. today it was syria's turn to respond. president assad was unsurprisingly absent from the podium. instead, the talking was left to the country's foreign minister. walid muallem accused those spork terrorism in his country and prostriding arms to his army. he said calling president assad to step down would be...
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it's going to get on pbs as we said. so it's going to become part of that i guess, part of that debate. >> it is. and one of the things that i felt was vital, and you know at this moment in time as we're debating healthcare crises on a very high level when policies are being made that are going to affect individuals and communities for possibly generations, that people's voices particularly in public hospitals like this one and hospitals around the country were not being heard, and were not being represented in that conversation. we felt it was of to bring them into that conversation and be, to do it in way that was as non-political as possible. now, every filmmaker brings some kind of, you know, agenda to the table. we all have our personal beliefs and certainly i do. but primary that is that we need a better more equitable healthcare system and that here's this community of people who are trying to navigate the system. we wanted to do it in way that just allowed their voices to come through naturally with us as film ma
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: neither side showed signs of budging today as the nation edged closer toward a so- called fiscal cliff that could raise taxes by year's end. we begin with a report from newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman. >> we're going to have to see the rates on the top two percent go up. we're not going to be able to get a deal without it. >> reporter: in his first interview since the election, president obama rejected a proposal from house speaker john boehner. he spoke on bloomberg television. >> unfortunately the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. i'm happy to entertain other ideas that the republicans may present. but we are not going to simply cut our way to prosperity or to cut our way out of this deficit problem that we have. we're going to need more revenues. in order to do that, that starts with higher rates for the folks at the top. >> reporter: the president did say today he would consider lowering rates again for the top two percent
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: neither side showed signs of budging today as the nation edged closer toward a so- called fiscal cliff that could raise taxes by year's end. we begin with a report from newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman. >> we're going to have to see the rates on the top two percent go up. we're not going to be able to get a deal without it. >> reporter: in his first interview since the...
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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> ifill: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we have the story of an unusual population explosion of butterflies in an oregon forest. vince patton from oregon public broadcasting reports. >> reporter: snows were melting late last year in the national forest. we had been told to look very closely at the undersides of the branches. sure enough we found tiny daisy chains of eggs clinging to the pine needles. >> they laid their eggs on the needles. the eggs are there throughout the winter. she lays them right where the young are going to feed. >> reporter: the sturdy green needles bounce in the wind but never bend. they protect the tiny hardy orbs all winter long but the needles are doomed. months later the eggs hatch into a hungry horde. they devour the very needles that sheltered them. >> they've eaten probably two- thirds of the needle. it will
but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> ifill: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we have the story of an unusual population explosion of butterflies in an oregon forest. vince patton from oregon public broadcasting reports. >> reporter: snows were melting late last year in the national forest. we had been told to look very closely at the...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a massacre in the middle of the night, afghan civilians slaughtered as they slept, an american soldier the lone suspect. u.s. officials struggled to make sense of those stark facts today, as afghans demanded justice. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> suarez: afghan soldiers were on alert in canned half today, stepping up security to prevent revenge attacks. anti-american rage was boiling after a u.s. soldier allegedly shot and killed 16 afghans in their homes, nine of them children. >> they killed a child. he was two years old. was this child the taliban? believe me i have not seen a two-year-old taliban yet. >> suarez: afghan officials said the soldier left a nato base in canned half late saturday and walked more than a mile to the village. they said he burst into three homes shooting as he went. according to villagers, the man then gathered up some of the bodies and set fire to them. then he walked another mile to another village, killing four more afghans b
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a massacre in the middle of the night, afghan civilians slaughtered as they slept, an american soldier the lone suspect. u.s. officials struggled to make sense of those stark facts today, as afghans demanded justice. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> suarez: afghan soldiers were on alert in canned half today, stepping up security to prevent revenge attacks. anti-american rage was boiling after a...
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. after months of shelling, large parts of the syrian city of homs are barely functioning. valerie amos has described the situation there as terrible. 40 civilians were killed by government forces. all this just a day ahead of a visit to damascus by international envoy kofi annan. from turkey, jonathan head begins our coverage. >> this is how dinner is served to more than two thousand refugees sitting in an old tobacco factory along the turkish-syrian border. it is one of six camps built over the last six months, and like others, it is filling up with arrivals fleeing the syrian government's onslaught of opposition. many feel badly let down by the lack of international support, like this family who arrived three weeks ago. >> we do not ask anything from other countries because so far they have been no use to us. what we want is for them to give weapons to the free syrian army. if they do that, then we can save our country. >> decision by the free syrian army to pull back has not saved f
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. after months of shelling, large parts of the syrian city of homs are barely functioning. valerie amos has described the situation there as terrible. 40 civilians were killed by government forces. all this just a day ahead of a visit to damascus by international envoy kofi annan. from turkey, jonathan head begins our coverage. >> this is how dinner is served to more than two thousand refugees sitting in an old tobacco factory...
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to order, visit shoppbs.org or call 1-800-play-pbs. frontline is also available for download on itunes. man: the journalists of pbs. they answer to no one but you. they take the time to explore all sides of a story. that's why more voters trust pbs than any other television news source. in this election year, you deserve nothing less. trusted. in-depth. independent. pbs. >> tom: i'm tom hudson with an "n.b.r." news brief. global shipping giant fedex warns of slower growing profits for the rest of its fiscal year as trade and exports fall and customers opt for slower and cheaper shipping options. still, there was some encouraging news about the u.s. economy today. home builders are feeling upbeat. according to the national association of homebuilders, its confidence index rose three points this month to a reading of 40. that's the highest level since the housing bubble burst six years ago. muted reaction on wall street. the dow rose a bit, up 11 points, but the nasdaq and s&p were down fractionally. tomorrow, we tour the housing market,
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♪ >> welcome to viewers on pbs and around the globe. turning up the pressure on tehran. that is what the european union has done today, imposing some of the toughest sanctions ever in protest over the nuclear program. the measures include a ban on all new will contracts. in retaliation, iran has threatened to close the straits of hormuz through which 1/5 of the world's crude-oil is transported. >> tankers with oil from the gulf heading today towards the strait of hormuz and the open sea beyond. immediately after the european union decision to stop buying iranian oil, some politicians inside iran were threatening to block the gulf. these waters are vulnerable. this is the strait of hormuz. if the weather were a bit better, you could see the mountains of iran just over there. through this narrow strip of water passes 1/5 of all the world oil supplies. it is not surprising that iran is tempted to cut off this artery. it is no surprise either that the western world cannot let it happen. yesterday the massive uss abraham lincoln that can hold as many as 90 aircraft came throu
♪ >> welcome to viewers on pbs and around the globe. turning up the pressure on tehran. that is what the european union has done today, imposing some of the toughest sanctions ever in protest over the nuclear program. the measures include a ban on all new will contracts. in retaliation, iran has threatened to close the straits of hormuz through which 1/5 of the world's crude-oil is transported. >> tankers with oil from the gulf heading today towards the strait of hormuz and the...
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on most pbs stations. our reporter, dan sagalyn went on board a u.s.rcraft carrier in t persian gulf. it's conducting the largest ever military exercise to rehearse finding and destroying explosive sea mines. read his story and see his photos. and a second slideshow offers images taken by young photographers in the dominican republic. they are part of an exhibit to promote tolerance. that's on the rundown. all that and more is on our website: newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm margaret warner. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks among others. thank you and good night major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible
on most pbs stations. our reporter, dan sagalyn went on board a u.s.rcraft carrier in t persian gulf. it's conducting the largest ever military exercise to rehearse finding and destroying explosive sea mines. read his story and see his photos. and a second slideshow offers images taken by young photographers in the dominican republic. they are part of an exhibit to promote tolerance. that's on the rundown. all that and more is on our website: newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and...
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decker packwood cause >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america to the problem. the turkish prime minister said today he had no intention of starting a war with syria. but the message is mixed and the tensions are high. the turkish parliament authorize military action against neighbor after syrian shells landed in the turkish town killing five civilians. >> lot this was not turkey's war, but the deaths of one family next to the syrian border have changed kuwait this country sees its neighbors conflicts. the government has called the strike from syria a final straw. left of the isn't family hoped. -- this is what is left of the family home. the families mother and children were sitting in the garden when the shell hit. >> we were eating and we heard the sound obama. the shrapnel fell, hit the wall and in the ground. we could have been killed. -- we heard the sound of the bomb. syria has apologized for the debts, but those of fear another accidental strike. >> we are scared to death. we don't know when another reporter is going to be fired. we are targets and we ar
decker packwood cause >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america to the problem. the turkish prime minister said today he had no intention of starting a war with syria. but the message is mixed and the tensions are high. the turkish parliament authorize military action against neighbor after syrian shells landed in the turkish town killing five civilians. >> lot this was not turkey's war, but the deaths of one family next to the syrian border have changed kuwait this country sees...
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america. friday has become synonymous with a bloody crackdowns in syria and today has proved no exception. activists are claiming that the army has begun renewed assaults on several cities. more than 130 people are believed to have been killed in the last 30 hours a loan. our middle east editor reports now from the damascus suburb where it appears that the assad's government brit is weakening. >> to find out the strength of the opposition, drive into a suburb of damascus. we had no idea. we found the free syrian army, deserters from the president's forces, securing a poor district on the edge of the city. they said they were protecting the people who were about to hold a funeral. they looked well established here with sandbag firing positions. everyone was on edge. for 10 months, the regime's forces have been clamping down hard on friday protests. this man claims to have been a general in the syrian forces. a man interrupted to pray for the army. then, something no one wanted to hear. here the
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america. friday has become synonymous with a bloody crackdowns in syria and today has proved no exception. activists are claiming that the army has begun renewed assaults on several cities. more than 130 people are believed to have been killed in the last 30 hours a loan. our middle east editor reports now from the damascus suburb where it appears that the assad's government brit is weakening. >> to find out the strength of the opposition, drive into a...
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. have republican voters picked them man? -- vera man? -- their man? the polls are open in new hampshire and we will know who the vote for this critical stage things has the best shot of -- thinks has beating president obama. mitt romney is the easy favorite, but his conservative rivals would love to find a way to unseat him. >> to listen to the republicans roasting president obama, it is something of a surprise he is not being burned in effigy. candidates are fired up, but the contest could go on for months. early votes could make or break a campaign. they are all arguing that obama 's hand in the economy is not just wrong, it is un-american. >> we have a president who is probably the most radical president in american history. >> he wants to make as an entitlement society where government takes from some to give to others. >> you want to know what is crushing business? this administration is crushing business. >> but how will those extremely strong and charges against the president pl
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: nasa basked today in the glory of a technological tour-de-force. overnight, after a 350 million- mile journey, the heaviest, most expensive spacecraft ever to land on mars was gently set down in a giant crater on the red planet. >> touchdown confirmed. he long awaited words touched off unbridelled celebration late sunday night at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, california. cheers and hugs marked an emotional climax to a journey of more than eight months for curiosity. the recovery, itself, even joined the party with a tweet that read "i'm safely on the surface of mars. gale crater i am in you." just minutes later curiosity sent back its first set of black and white images from the crater showing its wheel and shadow. the $2 been 5 billion project came down to what scientists dubbed the seven minutes of terror. depicted in nasa animation, a highly complex series of landing maneuvers never before/x'p trie. curiosity began the atmospheric acrobatics
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: nasa basked today in the glory of a technological tour-de-force. overnight, after a 350 million- mile journey, the heaviest, most expensive spacecraft ever to land on mars was gently set down in a giant crater on the red planet. >> touchdown confirmed. he long awaited words touched off unbridelled celebration late sunday night at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, california. cheers...